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Introduction To The Success Journey
Introduction
To The Success Journey
"Each
journey starts with the first step and ends the same"
The
yellow brick road may be paved with gold in the Marvelous land of Oz
but in the real world it’s blacktop laced with potholes and unknown
intersections. There’s danger in every mile as you compete with
trucks and insidious drivers. While traveling along the way, one
wrong turn could send you driving off in the wrong direction or
towards disaster. If you are vigilant, you may avoid the possible
pitfalls of the journey but will not avoid the experience in its
entirety.
There
are many unmarked detours that may take you on paths of uncertainty
and failure. These obstructions may require that you search your
reasoning and redefine your originally mission. While at times it may
seem difficult it is not entirely imposable. You may even focus so
intensely on recovery that you loose your ability to rationalize in
the effort. Then there is always a chance that you may never recover,
and end up wondering around lost for the rest of your life. If the
mistake is great enough, you may drive head-on into the hands of
despair itself.
The
road is lined with take out stands, and false promises, each biding
for your attention. Each has a stake in your life; each represents an
experience. Many will try to seduce you and lead you off in the wrong
direction for their own names sake. These are the users; they need
you to fulfill their dreams. There are also travelers – as you,
along the same road of life; seeking fulfillment and traversing the
many pitfalls that are laid out before them. Some handle the journey
with excitement and anticipation of greatness while others are quick
to give up in defeat and hopelessness. The side of the road is
littered with carcasses of the many dead dreams and hopes that never
gave birth.
Writers,
Philosophers, Psychologists, Economist, Governments, Religious
leaders, and Scientist have spent years of countless hours and given
many explanations as to the reasons for the varied avenues and
directions that men and women take in life. They have tried, time and
time again to analyze the factors that motivate or demotivate each
individual into their particular course. What is it that stimulates
one person to successful action, while another person stagnates?
Where does the passion for one turn into apprehension and fear for
another? Many of these same writers, distinguished more for their
vocabularies than their depth of thought, say that it is fear of
failure, pride of possession, love of home and family, and so on. In
other words, it is the inner self as in self-reliance that creates
separation from belief creating self-entrapment. This break down in
the belief system causes people to act in a passive manner. Focusing
on irrelevance, clouds the mind; robbing it of its’ possibilities.
It’s like driving with blinders on; one develops tunnel vision and
as your vision becomes narrow and more pointed, you miss the
opportunity placed right in front of you. Soon the focus is on can't
instead of can and the mind becomes lost in its own confusion.
Apprehension sets in and success becomes lost in its own definition.
While
emotions certainly has its' place and does indeed influence people,
they represent only the surface of human traits. The mainspring of
human behavior is found within as people dig deeper into the truth to
discover how self dominates the thinking process and is at the root
of each of their individual problems. Self-talk, we do it all day
long. We silently ponder over each problem, circumstance, and
question, driving into our mind a passable solution. Each problem is
absorbed as truths, becoming stepping-stones as they are layered one
on the other to forge the turbulent river of expatiation. Each
stepping stone is no more than a wisp of smoke; a shadow of truth in
the assurance of what it can deliver. After all, what are humans in a
material world but creatures of misgivings and long suffering? Right?
NO! This is a illusion a deception and doesn’t have to be. It’s a
mindset played on by our society and its’ acceptance of failure as
a normal position. Failure is not normal, it the illustration of
the absence of belief and hope.
Belief
and hope clears the mind and elevates the senses in victory as an
accomplishment. This is the real victor who wins in life and
elevates the soul. And what is victory anyway, but to reestablish a
sense of well being in the hope for tomorrow? This reunion
accomplishes that which is important enough too pursue. The heart of
living – the reasoning – the importance of life itself.
The
Journey to Success and Wealth
In
this affluent society of ours, there are more possibilities today
than ever before. The sweet savor of success and hope is a prelude
for People inherited from birth. Success accomplishment and
achievement are synonymous with hope and belief. It is only through
succeeding; accomplishing and achieving that people are able to
realize the promise of bountiful happiness and admiration . In many
individuals, however, this instinct has been diverted or pushed
aside. Eyes that turn toward questioning self and its abilities
become clouded by the possibility of failure. Focusing on failure
births despair and stifles the drive for success. Soon wants and must
haves turn into debt and bitterness, robbing you of your self worth.
In
Genesis God created man in His own image and likeness saying, “It
is good” in this context, God was pleased with his new creation.
Why? Because man was made in God's image and after his likeness.
Humans are created to achieve and excel, after all, they have God’s
essence within. Unfortunately, many cave into emotions, which can
motivate a person to act in a harsh or incorrect manner. Why;
confusion, foggy thinking, influence from outside sources, etc.
Love, hate, fear, is fundamental and can be used as a motivational
drive toward success or can be used to suppress the instinct to
thrive. God’s natural instincts remain just below the surface,
patiently waiting for the freedom, which allows them to come to the
forefront of a person's life. When material roadblocks are lifted, a
person can freely pursue his/her sacred dreams and they are free to
become super achievers. It’s all about keeping your perspective and
preparing a indestructible plan for succeeding. It’s about intent
and the individual’s reason for doing. Every person is afforded all
the elements necessary for accomplishment, but no one will do it for
you. You must honor God in your pursuit of excellence. You must
demonstrate your willingness to achieve for his glory. He wants you
to be successful and prosper. Think about it, if He made you in his
image and after his likeness then you must honor him by example.
Each
time a perception of mind becomes questioned or obscured it will be
replaced with something usually easer to understand. It is this
control mechanism that acts to either suppress or energize the inner
spirit. To motivate an individual to unsurpassed heights the inner
spirit must bring the mind into a realization of pending
accomplishment. Most people face the world from a unique prospective,
they see it from the inside looking out. They view the world as their
sustainer. Enlightened People on the other hand, perceive the world
from the outside looking in. They view themselves and the world as
having a working partnership. It is what is accepted into the mind as
truths that ultimately influences the prospective of the individual.
In our hard hitting, fast paced world of today, it's no wonder so
many people are so lured in by the merchants. Persuasion, deceives
righteous people into believing they should not peruse personal
success, and to do so would be sinful. Yet, even when armed with
God’s breath of life the righteous are often the first to falter
and fail. People who have embraced worldly order even in diversity
appear to thrive on best selling books, magazines, and the TV media
filling them with promising stories of rags-to-riches success.
Opportunities abound more today than ever. So why isn’t good, hard
working people taking advantage of their inborn granted privilege?
Material
men and women who have made it share a common denominator. They have
discovered the secrets of self-reliance as a motivating factor to
motivate them into applying certain concepts for personal development
that leads toward wealth but not necessarily happiness. It's not to
say they can't be happy, it's just that they usually are so engulfed
in the wealth idea, they loose prospective on things of more
importance. Relationships, family, health, nature the many things
that make up a well rounded life experience are lost. The total life
experience becomes dominated by money and fails in its purpose.
They connect with forces only they are able to feel and experience
but these forces are false images of the reason for life. As they
become more and more financially independent they also discover they
need more and more, resulting in a never-ending saga. They never
reach their goal, they can’t take their eyes of the glimmer of
wealth and achieving higher dimensions. Even though they may claim
success it is success that has claimed them.
Wealth
has many definitions in the material world. While one person may
aspire to be meaningful and significant, while another may desire
monetary wealth and yet another simply aspires to be the best piano
player he/she can be. There are professional race car drivers,
fishermen, tractor operators, salespersons, pilots, artist, musicians
plus thousands of other things that occupy people. Most people want
to be the best they can be in what ever they doing. Having a lot of
money may not be the primary goal of an artist. You could say, "The
realization of achieving personal goals" defines being rich or
successful. That's pretty simple, yet most people don't get anywhere
near achieving their personal goals. Why can't they have
self-satisfaction through a feeling of accomplishment? The person who
sees wealth as happiness is engaged in self gratification. Self can
never be fully satisfied because satisfaction is a thirst that can't
be filled. Wealth cannot quince the thirst for possession. The more
one possesses the more he/she wants to posses. You must make the
challenge the prize not the result of the challenge When you focus on
the result, you loose focuses on the challenge. The result is simply
a measurement of how well you are progressing in the challenge.
Fields
of Abundance
Consider
the bird in the field. It never wants for anything It seem the old
saying "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer" has
gained more widespread acceptance today then ever before. In this new
electronic millennium, statistics show that personal failures are
running rampart and cooperate greed is at an all time high.
Marriages, businesses, huge international cooperation's, even
community governments are failing more than ever before. Rain falls
the same on the heads of the rich as well as the poor. Abundance and
destitution are equal in nature, it's simply a matter of choice.
Clearly, inter-personal relationships have become strained to the
breaking point by the many external forces that are exerted on them.
Many fail but those that survive are stronger for it. Survival breeds
the instinct to endure. In the jungle, it's the survival of the
fittest but for people it's the unbelieving who falls beside the road
and are consumed.
While
the mismanagement of resources and money have spawned an atmosphere
of expected disappointments and failures it doesn't have to be. Men
and women are only subject to their environment as much or little as
they accepted it as the truth. God didn’t make the negative
conditions; man did. It's easy to fall pray to other's negative
thinking. No one deliberately wants to fail. But, most people will be
dependent on some outside source such as social security relatives or
friends, charity, or part-time work during their twilight years. As
the life expectancy grows longer, additional people spend more years
in quite desperation. Their plight is one of growing concern for a
nation known for its' abundance.
Now
you can be stimulated into a new way of viewing yourself. You have a
new role in life that includes success principles as well as personal
responsibilities. There is a new dawning where you are in control of
your own destiny. You no longer have to be dependent on anyone or
thing because you are at peace with the world – right here, right
now. You now have the capability of becoming a person who everyone
admires for your ability to command everyone's attention each time
you enter a room. You will hold your head up a little higher, walk a
little brisker, and set the tone for the conversation. Your
confidence will be that of a highly trained performer facing an
audience. People will gravitate to you in the hopes that some measure
of what you have will rub off on them. The measure of a man radiates
an assurance that tomorrow will be his. He has a partner and that
partner will never forsake him.
Remember,
even with all the bad possibilities, there are more millionaires
being made today than ever before. You are the master of money it
will never master you. You will join the ranks of the affluent
retirees living in comfort and traveling the world. This is the day
of a promising new future where everyone is equal on the same playing
field. Define the game, play by the rules and you will bring home the
trophy.
The
point is simply this, it's a matter of choice; you don't have to be a
failure because failure and success is only opposite sides of the
same equation. It depends on which side of the coin you chose; both
are equally obtainable. One takes very little effort, and has lasting
negative affects with a shorter lifetime in despair. The other does
take more work at the beginning, but leads to wealth and happiness
for a longer lifetime of untold benefits.
In
less than every 20 minutes of each workday a new millionaire is made.
There is no limit to wealth; it's freely distributed between those
who are willing to pay the price for it. Abundance is yours to reap
as you wish. You are made in His image, and as so, you are may freely
share in His unlimited possibilities and potential.
Success
is now in your hands; handle it seriously because through this
experience you will truly be transforming into a new person.
Next
time we will get down to specifics. How will you make a life plan?.
How can you enhance personal and professional relationships? What can
you expect and when should you make changes? These and many other
questions will be addressed but for now please, look into yourself
and find the true person you are. Write down the good and bad for
reference, because soon you will be pursuing a whole new you.
